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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how does the family try to secure the Gap before they leave the area?
(a) They build an earthen mound and plant thorn bushes.
(b) The use explosives to fill it in with rock.
(c) They create a watchtower, complete with a cannon.
(d) They build a bamboo fence.

2. Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does the family find that will allow Elizabeth to make cloth?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Flax.
(c) A loom.
(d) A spinning wheel.

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new outpost does the narrator propose?
(a) A watchtower.
(b) A farm.
(c) A fishing platform.
(d) An orchard.

4. What do they make dog armor from?
(a) Shark skin.
(b) Coconut shells.
(c) Porcupine quills.
(d) Turtle shells.

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what crop does the family harvest "Italian style" (266)?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Manioc.
(c) Grain.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the narrator use to teach their new birds how to find their way home?

3. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?

4. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?

5. Which family member discovers the Canary wine?

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